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Trump says Iran’s ayatollah ‘should be very worried’
Disagreement over venue and agenda risks collapse of nuclear talks as U.S. demands multilateral format; oil prices rose about 3% amid rising tensions, Reuters reported.
- On Wednesday, oil prices surged after Axios reported a U.S.-Iran disagreement, with U.S. crude rising $1.80 to $65.01 and Brent to $69.21.
- Changes to the meeting format — multilateral in Istanbul versus bilateral in Oman — caused the dispute as Tehran sought to exclude regional countries, a proposal the U.S. rejected, while Iranians resisted returning to Istanbul.
- U.S. Central Command reported Iranian gunboats attempted to board a U.S. merchant vessel, and the U.S. military said it shot down an Iranian drone near the USS Abraham Lincoln, raising tensions.
- A White House official said the U.S. and Iran still plan to meet in Oman on Friday, but officials said talks could still occur this week or next, and Marco Rubio earlier mentioned a Friday meeting in Turkey.
- Military activity in the Persian Gulf and tanker movements connect regional risk to global oil shipments, as President Donald Trump warned and U.S. military MH-60S Sea Hawk flights intensified, while tankers docked at Phillips 66 Freeport Terminal on Jan. 16, 2026.
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What a day!! Lots of negotiation and non-negotiation action on the Iranian front. In the span of two hours, starting at 1 pm and ending around 3 pm eastern time, the world was whipped sawed with news that the bilateral negotiations between Iran and the US was cancelled — that was the 1 pm news — and then, at 3 pm, the talks were back on. The initial reports that the meeting in Oman would not take place cited Iran’s reaction to a US demand that I…
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